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Front axle service. Finally. RCV axles. Joint Fuji spindles. Landtank knuckle stud kit. Aisin hubs. Full rebuild kit from Cruiser Teq.

Little things.. -Fixed pass side vent after doing driver last weekend. Water tight now. Water was running behind this one and in the top hole. You can see the water line. -PCV valve and grommet. Crazy how the old one fossilized. -fixed horn after 2 years of not working. New connectors. -oil...

I bet I could also pump new grease thru the zerk which would push old grease out?

Also, how clean do the new birfs have to be before swapping grease? These came pre packed with RCV grease but I plan to rebuild the front axle with all Valvoline. Can I just wipe as much as I can out and re-pack? Or clean deeper?

Thank you.

Ok. Good look just like mine. I read somewhere that the splines need to be longer on the axle side if the truck has factory lockers. But I wouldn’t know the correct axle if I was looking at it so thank you guys.

Very helpful. Thank you. How easy is it to swap abs rings? Also I was thinking of washing out grease as well to match grease I will use in knuckle.

I am preparing for a front axle service and just received these RCV axles. Are they the right ones? They don’t look like the picture, not sure if the axle spines are long enough for front elocker, and there is no abs ring. Any guidance is appreciated. Thanks. Part number RCVJ2474-30TRCV 1997...

Fixin leaks preparing for El Niño. Discovered this leak by noticing rust in jack mount. The water trail makes me think water is getting behind vent from top rain gutter and getting in at screw hole or trim, as the foam around clips and screw has disintegrated away.

🤣 What do you think it is?

I agree usually it doesn’t. But this owners death wobble may in fact be drive shaft. The arms are the only thing he touched. No death wobble with old arms. In his diagnostic work flow, pulling the front shaft is the next easy/free thing to do to rule it out.

Next step is to pull the front drive shaft, lock the cdl and go for a drive. If death wobble is gone then the drive shaft doesn’t like the increased caster the new delta arms provide over the old arms.

Head gasket and front axle service. Just kidding. Tried the delta floppy mirror fix and the c clamp slipped and it shot off into the garage abyss. Never to be found again 🤬 So I just used a washer and a nail. Works perfect.

Correct no hardware needed. Where are you located and how much do you want for it? Thanks

Fixing P0753. Gross. Decided to also change out transmission mount. Stripped a bolt removing. On hold till tomorrow. That’s what I get for thinking I’d finish up today!